megalocyte

English

Etymology

From megalo- +‎ -cyte.

Noun

megalocyte (plural megalocytes)

1. (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.

References

• “megalocyte”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.